热带草原上优雅的猫科动物(Elegant felines of the savannah)

今天，我们来到肯尼亚马赛马拉国家保护区，庆祝野生动物保护日，这也是国际猎豹日。我们感谢这对优雅的母亲和幼崽的两个理由。这些轻盈的猫科动物专为速度而生，头部紧凑，躯干纤细，长腿有助于它们在大草原上捕猎瞪羚或羚羊时加速至70英里/小时。因为猎豹有着独特的柔韧脊骨，即使在高速追逐中，它们也能做出快速、突然的转弯。个体猎豹倾向于相互回避，但像这样的幼崽会和它的妈妈呆在一起大约18个月，而雌性幼崽可能会和妈妈呆到成年。一些男性是领地性的，他们会组成一个称为联盟的小团体来保卫一个珍贵的地区。
原文：
Today we're in Kenya's Maasai Mara National Reserve to celebrate Wildlife Conservation Day, which also happens to be International Cheetah Day—two reasons to extend our appreciation for this elegant mother and cub. These lithe and lightweight cats are built for speed, with compact heads, thin torsos, and long legs that help them accelerate up to 70 mph when hunting gazelles or antelopes on the savannah. Because cheetahs have uniquely flexible spines, they're able to make sharp, sudden turns, even during a high-speed chase. Individual cheetahs tend to avoid one another, but a cub like this one will stay with its mother for about 18 months, and a female cub may stick with mom into adulthood. Some males are territorial and will form small groups, called coalitions, to defend a prized area.
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